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From: clines@delete_this.airmail.net (Kevin Cline)
Subject: Re: Any research putting c above ada?
Date: 1997/05/11
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NKSW39B@prodigy.com (Matthew Givens) wrote:

>clines@delete_this.airmail.net (Kevin Cline) wrote:
>>
>>NKSW39B@prodigy.com (Matthew Givens) wrote:
>>
>> Others include indequate programming tools for the language 
>>>and tasking problems (Ada tasking won't work with the graphic front-end,
> 
>>>no work-around possible, they tell me).  
>>
>>I think they are lying.  It should be possible to map Ada tasks to 
>Solaris
>>threads.  But it may not be simple given the other constraints imposed 
>by the
>>existing compiler and run-time library, and the vendor may simply not 
>have
>>fiscal justification for the undertaking.
>
>If you'll look back, I said Ada tasking won't work WITH THE GRAHPHIC 
>FRONT END.  We use something called Screen Machine to develop screens, 
>and it uses a tasking system to handle things (although I've never seen 
>why).  All attempts at implementing tasking in one of the Screen Machine 
>screens fails.  No lying, and it has nothing to do with Solaris threads.  
>Just Screen Machine.

Since you didn't mention any specific product by name, I assumed you were
using the generic front-end for Solaris, i.e. X-Windows.